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        “Oh, hey.” She gives the smaller woman a lazy smile, tapping an unlit cigarillo against the balcony railing.  “Nice to see you again.  Aurélie, right?”

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The role of Cersei was offered to her, but she turned it down.

Exactly! Police brutality was the best analogy I could think of to transfer the story to the modern-day, and Valjean being black makes it all the more likely that the characters (Cosette in particular) have seen it first-hand.

Okay, confession time: I have a hard time shipping Nat with anyone other than Bucky.  Ditto Remy and Rogue, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, and Peter Parker and MJ.  These are some relationships that have actually been written well in the comics, not always, but often enough that they stick with me.  I LIKE these couples, even if Marvel doesn’t always agree with me. 8)

Now, I loved the movie version of Gwen so much that she made her way into Peter’s world in my writing.  And I find Peter/Johnny and Spidey/Deadpool to be adorable, but I don’t write them because eh, I don’t ship it.  Cute!  But it doesn’t hook me.

So I’ve had a problem with Nat and Bruce.  Both of whom are intrinsically tied to other people in my head.  So she hasn’t gotten a romantic story in the Toasterverse.  

But I can’t break away from Bucky and Nat, and I have no idea how or if I’ll be able to integrate Bucky in the Toasterverse.

Of course, I realized while writing “Playing Both Sides of the Sheets” that I kind of think that Nat and Sitwell have something on the side.  Sitwell’s not sure how it happened, but he’s not stupid enough to question it. I just like the idea of her showing up, enjoying herself, kissing him on top of the head and rolling out of bed before he can get his wits together.

I’m a horrible person.

EDIT: Cripes, I'm horrible, I didn't actually ANSWER your question.  I think she's comfortable in my verse.  She has a strange little family, a group of men who treat her like an equal, who don't creep on her and don't judge her.  She has affection, and love, just not a romantic sort.  She's included, and valued, and respected.  And she doesn't have to pay rent.

I heard that they’re trying a second redesign of Aurora. That true?

well, the fairies had some issues with her first one so i know they took it back to improve on it, but i don't know how different it'll be when it comes back! i hope it's basically the same style/feel as the redesigned one was, since i loved how flow-y this one was compared to how stiff the old one looked. but we shall see!